Author Archives: Tamise

Books 2025 – on sale today – Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy by Elizabeth Norton

Posted on 4th September 2025 by Tamise

‘These are the stories of the female kings: women who risked everything, sometimes unwillingly, to find their place in a man’s world. Female kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. In almost all places throughout … Continue reading →

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Visit to Inner Temple Library

Posted on 2nd September 2025 by Tamise

Last month, Dr Stephan Edwards and I were incredibly lucky to view these documents relating to Lady Jane Grey at the Inner Temple Library, London. Our grateful thanks to the Librarian and Keeper of the Manuscripts, Rob Hodgson, for this … Continue reading →

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‘Secrets of the Tudor Portraits’ by Sylvia Soberton added to the web site…

Posted on 11th August 2025 by Tamise

‘Secrets of the Tudor Portraits’ by Sylvia Soberton added to the General Works section of the bibliography. Entries added to the following: Art – Paintings – Jersey and Master John. Primary Accounts – Ascham

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Books 2025 – a book which features Jane to look forward to….

Posted on 11th July 2025 by Tamise

30 August – Killing Monarchs: Regicide in the Tudor and Stuart Age by Richard Heath Rulers (and would-be rulers) have always faced the possibility of a violent death. Between the seventh and eighteenth centuries over 20% of all British and … Continue reading →

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Books 2025 – on sale today – Sinners by Elizabeth Fremantle

Posted on 3rd July 2025 by Tamise

‘A young noblewoman accused of murder, awaits execution. Imprisoned in the Corte Savella, she has captured the hearts and sympathy of all Rome. . . This is the true and tragic tale of Beatrice Cenci. Murder most foul or vengeance … Continue reading →